Definition of assault

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Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town..

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Offension :: Offension (n.) Assault; attack.
Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery..
Saute :: Saute (n.) An assault.
Stormed :: Storm (n.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like..
Assault :: Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government..
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) An attack; an assault.
Assault :: Assault (n.) To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces..
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..
Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title..
Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
Assaultable :: Assaultable (a.) Capable of being assaulted.
Murderous :: Murderous (a.) Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault..
Blow :: Blow (n.) A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
Scaling :: Scaling (a.) Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place..
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
Provocation :: Provocation (n.) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress..
Assault :: Assault (n.) To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration..
Storm :: Storm (v. t.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town..
Sandbagger :: Sandbagger (n.) An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, under Sand..
Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault..
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